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If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
If you are only an underling, don't dress too fine.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
One man thinks one thing best, another another.
But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
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But ask not thou if happiness be there,
If the loud laugh disguise convulsive throe,
Or if the brow the heart's true livery wear.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The holydays of joy are the vigils of sorrow.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
The vulgar follow Fortune's glances.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
He bristles with hair, like a sea-urchin or a hunted boar.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
Apollo does not always bend his bow.
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
But why pursue the common tale?
Or wherefore show how knights prevail,
When ladies dare to hear?
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
You have eaten a meal dangerously seasoned. [You have laid up a
grief in store for yourself.]
It is difficult to fly without wings.
It is difficult to fly without wings.
